Evidence for Enhancement: Improving the Student Experience
Information on the University’s work on a past Enhancement Theme.
The Enhancement Themes are selected by the Scottish higher education sector and they provide a means for institutions, academic staff, support staff and students to work together in enhancing the learning experience.
This Theme will consider: What information is useful to help us identify and understand what we do well and what could be improved? This information, which includes qualitative and quantitative evidence, can be used to identify the issues that would benefit from intervention, help prioritise interventions for improving the student experience, and evaluate the effectiveness of those interventions including reporting on the ways in which the student experience has been improved.
Enhancement Theme Information
More information on the current Enhancement Theme, “Evidence for Enhancement: Improving the Student Experience” is available on the Enhancement Themes website and the University wiki:
Evidence for Enhancement - Enhancement Themes website
Evidence for Enhancement - wiki (internal)
Institutional Lead
Professor Tina Harrison
Assistant Principal Academic Standards & Quality Assurance

- Business School
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Work: +44(0)131 650 3820
- Email: Tina.Harrison@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
29 Buccleuch Place
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH8 9JS
Institutional Coordinator
Nichola Kett
Academic Services

Contact details
- Email: Nichola.Kett@ed.ac.uk
Institutional Team
Stephanie Vallancey | Vice President Education, Edinburgh University Students’ Association | Student Representative and member of TLG |
Megan Brown | Academic Engagement Coordinator | Edinburgh University Students’ Association representative |
Paula Webster |
Head of Student Data and Systems |
Student Systems representative |
Professor Tina Harrison | Assistant Principal Academic Standards and Quality Assurance | Institutional Lead and member of Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee (SHEEC) |
Melissa Highton (Anne-Marie Scott) |
Director (Head of Digital Learning Applications and Media) (Deputy Director of Learning, Teaching and Web) |
Learning, Teaching and Web representative |
Lynda Hutchison | Governance and Strategic Planner | Governance and Strategic Planning representative |
Dr Lisa Kendall | Head of Academic and Student Administration for College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences representative |
Nichola Kett | Head of Quality and Enhancement Team, Academic Services | Institutional Coordinator and member of the Theme Leaders’ Group (TLG) |
Gillian Mackintosh | Academic Policy Officer | Academic Services representative |
Dr Linda Kirstein | College Dean, Quality Assurance | College of Science and Engineering representative |
Dr Claire Phillips | Vet School Director of Quality | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine representative |
Dr Jon Turner* | Director | Institute for Academic Development representative |